Pogo has rolled out fixes for Tumble Bees’ rank display, as well as Jet Set Solitaire’s navigation and Sydney Extended Stay State Library level.

The Mini Mall releases for August will be summer items on 8/2 and then poker-themed items on 8/28.

Question for Pogo: I want to update my email, but there isn’t an option for me to change it. If there is, I don’t see it. How do I update my email address? A: it’s under My Account, Personal Information.

Leave a comment below with your thoughts and reactions to this week’s column.

I really don’t like the new artwork on the games. They all kind of look alike and are bland. One of the best part of the games was the fun artwork and it was different for each game and colorful and now it isn’t.

No earthly idea why they thought they needed to mess with him.
I sure hope Boogie Bear isn’t too different when Tumble Bees HTML5 comes out, but I’m guessing they’ll mess with him and his dancing too…….enough with the changes already, knock it off.

Old Nestor, new nestor looks too flat….just awful. Boy EA is really ruining POGO, plus not looking forward to the Solitaire Garden marathon…just won’t open the gift. Come on POGO, why change the character, when there was nothing wrong with the original one??????

Not sure how I feel about new Nestor, but I’m sure over time I’ll get used to him!

I’m really excited about the new HTML5 games coming soon. I think a lot of the Java games are the best games, so I’m glad to see new life in some of them. Hopefully Pogo will update Penguin Blocks, Perfect Pair Solitaire, Thousand Island Solitaire, and the multiplayer games like Lottso! and Dice City Roller someday.

Word Whomp is my most favourite game so this timeline gives me another 6 weeks of playing before conversion. In other words, before it gets “wrecked”. ha ha ha ha Evidently, I’m not a fan of the gameplay in HTML5.

Also, I prefer the “old” Nestor’s eyes a lot better than the new, improved version. His current ears look really cute. His new whiskers are going to be white instead of black. Overall, the new Nestor will appear less dimensional & less cute to me. It’s undetermined at this point if this will affect my future badge purchasing. Time will tell.

You can buy a card at Walmart online and they send you, almost instantly, the code from the back of it.
You can then use that to buy gems as you would as if you had a card in hand.
I’ve done it, easy peasy, and you save the drive to the store to get a card 🙂

The background is orange.
Top right corner says $20. (Must be $20 and not $50)
Below that in white letters says “CASH CARD”.
Next line says “Good for Games, Extra Content, & More.
Black dot in the middle with the EA logo.
Bottom line says “Origin”.

Gamestop and Target are the only stores near me, now that Toys R Us is gone. And these stores have been out of cards for a year. I’ve not even seen the orange ones in these stores. I went to HELP and they keep saying the cards are available. I just think they’re pushing us to get them on line.

When are they going to fix the chat in these HD or HTML games. They say there is a solution in the works but nothing is happening. I wonder how many players will drop out of the tournament as these upgrades are now hitting their games(Word Whomp, Safari, 1st Class Solitaire). Can’t chat with your teammates while playing these games, what’s the point of being in it?

I see people chatting in the HTML5 games, but I can’t figure out how to do it!. In other games all I do is click in the chat box and type, I can’t get them to react to my typing…anyone know how? I use Chrome, but i even switched to IE and it still won’t type. :/

I can’t think of anything that Pogo ever offered that I don’t want more than I don’t want the Quinns Marathon PBA. I’m going to shut off my gifts so I don’t accidentally open it (thinking it’s a real gift from a friend), and hope it goes away when the marathon time ends.
I still haven’t played it other than for the first free badge they sent (which I did accidentally open) and while I know Pogo could care less, I’m steadfast and happy in my boycott – even if I’m disappointed in the “holes” it’s leaving so far in the yearly album and in 2 PBAs.

Yes, I agree with you although I have not shut off my gifts but I will not open anything with QA or will I play it unless it is absolutely necessary. If it is just an old type of marathon then I will play it to help out but if is gifts that they send to finish by a certain time forget it. I will rely on Lura when she posts it to see what the requirements are but in the long run I will probably just skip it.

Well they’re not slowing down on the marathons from what I see.
One a month or even one every couple months is more than enough
for me. Don’t forget we have GOTM badges to get thru now the weekly
challenges. Not to mention whatever else we’re working on.
I DON’T relish the idea of a Quinn’s marathon in anyway shape or form!
HOPEFULLY in one of these pu’s sales one WILL be for Quinn’s!
The old Nestor is wayyyyyyyyy cuter. But as always it is what it is.
Still can’t believe they can’t make the game save my settings. I play
on hard and it’s ticking me off I have to change it every time I play the
game. My hands are only good for so many games anymore. I don’t
like wasting one on medium for less rank pts.
The new sign in experience rolled my way yesterday. IF anyone HASN”T
already done it when they 1st show you your email account & pw on the pw
is SHOW click on that because it might be your only chance to see your
EA pw. I thought I knew mine BUT there was a capitol letter and I would’ve
never remembered that!

Two of my Club accounts converted to the new sign in yesterday. I already had EA accounts for both names b/c of going to Pogo customer service, and I had used my Pogo password when setting up those EA/Origin accounts.

The only thing I really had to do was make sure that my browser saved the new sign in information. Now that all the info is saved it’s really no different than when I signed in 2 days ago.

Pogo Llama sent out messages to select people to get access to the new sign in early so I figured why not- I had to re-save my mom/grandma’s and my 2’s info but thankfully so far all is good(granted I can still input the Pogo name though I could use emails if I choose)

When Word Whomp is converted to the HD format – does that mean that the Tournament will end? Usually the HD format has no jackpot spin so that means that tokens cannot be gained for the teams playing Word Whomp in the Tournament?

I use chrome most of the time and noticed today that I have to “allow” flash again to get it to run. I suspect Chrome had an update that caused my previous settings to be deleted. I am not that much of a techno-wonk so hopefully someone who is will give you a more detailed response.

We’ve all asked for lottso and now they choose the version most avoided to begin with. THey must not know how to code multiplayer games which will be bad for the site.
People want games to enjoy with friends and family as well.

Glad to see Tumble Bees soon though.
As for the new Nestor, agree with others. The new one gives me too much of a loony tunes vibe which to me makes it feel outdated and it should be the opposite in this day and age to attract new members. (which is their ultimate goal)

Geez. I never thought about the possibility that a game couldn’t be coded to work in the new format.
I figured if they went from Java to Flash they could go to HTML5 just as well.
However, I did always wonder why Poppit Bingo is played with so many bots and not with people, like Everyone Wins Bingo is, but figured they did it on purpose so that they could control the game progress……maybe it’s really because it can’t be done.
I’d rather have Lottso too, and was hoping that games like Jungle Gin, EWB, Dice City Rollers, and others would make the conversion list sometime. It’d be a big disappointment to find out it can’t be done at all.

I don’t think they’d be able to do just one multiplayer game. Table games are probably in danger of being extinct on the site. Unfortunately EA is probably wanting profits on games where it makes sense to include powerups. I can’t imagine any good of those games being turned into pay to win.

Well now. Pogo threw a wrench in my attempt to help hubby with his older badges. They had the poll to see which game we would want launched first, Word Whomp, Clue or Sweet Tooth. Based on that poll, I assumed those were the 3 games they were working on, so I got him caught up in WW and Clue, and am closet getting him caught up in ST. Where in the world did they come up with Poppit HD??? There is no way he can get caught up in those badges!! He has something like 23!!! And I am NOT paying for extra personals! ARGGGHH.

I hate new Nestor,
They shouldn’t be messing with him, he is a Pogo icon, they can’t change it.
Besides is not cute like the original.

Wow lots of games comming soon in HD format. Pogo team has been busy for sure.
I sure won’t have time to rank out all of them. Some I am way behind, not enough time. Some I will try see what can I do. And I sure hope they don’t have the great idea of doing with all these games what they did with WW and they don’t release them in advance, the more time I get the better

I’m starting to consider that after all Java and Flash games are gone I will probably wont stay either.
Don’t like the new games and don’t like the old games in new H5 format.

As far as the new Nestor, he looks like a monkey. I`m sorry but he does. The old Nestor is much better. I decided to set my gifts to friends only. I really need a break from the marathons. I`ll turn the gifts to everyone back on in time for the pogo fest. That`ll give me some breathing room. I have been very very busy this summer and it`s not going to be any better in Aug. I had pneumonia for 3 weeks also in June thru the first half of July. So I kinda got behind in everything. Heehee pogo spike is not on my friends list. So I shouldn`t be getting anything from him. I like him. But he`s never added me to his friends list lol. Good luck in the upcoming marathons. But I`ll wait for the pogo fest and I`ll do the game of the month in oct.

He looks cheap like a bad knock-off of the real thing. Their graphics artists must not be as good as the ones they had before. Sad, the new games are such a downhill decline from the quality games they used to produce.

I thought we would use the email addy saved on Pogo (the one I have now if I go to my account) and our current pw

I think I have one Origin account from way back when they “changed” Customer Service and eA took over it, is that same? because I think the email there is diff and pw too.

This is going to be a mess for me.
I don’t have my brower save my login name and pw , I type in it every time I want in.
Oh well, maybe this is what I need to finally get rid of Pogo and give up my addiction, not be able to log in! lol

Oh no! They are making Nestor undergo plastic surgery! He doesn’t need to go under the knife for a face lift! I love him the way he is. And oh golly, they are doing his ears too and making them bigger!! Whatever were you thinking Pogo?

I am so addicted to Quinn’s Aquarium. I learned that there is a way to play the game that is a winning stragedy. If you tackle the concentrated area of the mass of tiles from end to end finding a match that lights up in the central part of the stacked tiles with those left outside the stacked tiles you will work from side to side or end to end. You might start over once when you goof up but the next time it can be completed without power ups. I am on level 60. Look for the tile lit up in the middle by matching a few outside. Do not match the obvious tiles on the outside of the stacked middle unless you need to for the center lit up tiles. These are the ones you use to release the lit tiles in the center on each side. I wish I could show you. Please try.

I have not seen the second aquarium yet. I truly don’t know where I am since I don’t see a progress marker. I have been playing the game a lot. Do any of you know how far I am? I have not seen the jellyfish. It says for me to practice my moves before moving on in the game and they are providing practice rounds. Good luck all. Phyllis

All of my badges up to now have been completed by myself, but with the onslaught of conversions happening soon, I’m not sure whether I will be able to complete them all as well as participate in the marathons. All new weeklies will probably be caught up later.
My 2 cents on the conversions… still not seeing any multi-player games on the list. If they are not able to create those type of games in HTML5, there will be ZERO chance of me renewing my membership in January.

This is truly disappointing. I left Pogo a few years back because I had no way of paying for membership without Coke Rewards. It’s 2018 now and while I’m still kind of strapped for cash I missed having Pogo in my life and I renewed my membership for a month to see what’s been going on with the site. I’m appalled at what I’ve found. One game I’ve loved since 2007 when I joined is now completely different and that’s World Class Solitaire. I played that and not only was it slow and choppy on my system (and look I play games like Dead By Daylight on this same computer through Steam) but it was straight up not the World Class Solitaire I came to love all of those years ago. Come to find out more of my favorite games are going to be converted to terrible recreations of their former selves? This is horrible, horrible news! Even ol’ Stumpy is rolling over in his grave!

It makes me wonder what eventually will happen to our badge albums. Knowing Pogo they’ll probably eventually wipe them out too. At least, all the old badges from the former games they’re trying to bury. I understand technology needs to be updated to keep up with the times, but leave graphic art alone for pete’s sake. That new Nestor looks hideous and more like for little kids. It looks like they’re bringing in enough newer games for new players that they don’t need to mess with the classics just to draw in new people. If anything it’s driving their old loyal fan base to the curb. I’m currently on the fence of I don’t know what to do. Do I try to rank out in some of my favorites as soon as possible before they’re gone forever or do I let my membership run out and walk away unhappy. I really don’t know! As I type this there are currently 53,678 online at Pogo right now. I remember when the number used to be in the millions and almost every game was hard to find an empty room. Now every game has an empty room! 🙁

I also see that First Class Solitaire is on this list. I better enjoy that while I can because I know they’re going to ruin it and that’s another game I’ll have to say goodbye forever to. I’m guessing that pretty much all of my favorite games are going to be wiped out eventually. I’m sure good ol’ Dottie will be too. Does anyone have a time machine and want to travel back to the mid-2000s? I am so sad I can’t even comprehend what’s going on anymore.

If no method of keeping ranks and progress from conversion arises, I may not renew. Building up my account is part of the fun for me, and I’m actively losing that. Plus, I’ve been slowly going back through weeklies dating before I started and my chance to earn them all myself is already gone and continuing to dwindle.

As much as I’d like them to transfer ranks, etc. I’m certain they won’t because those are all brand new games after being switched to the new format- If they ever did transfer it all I’d really be shocked…Honestly I’m glad they don’t because it gives new goals to reach

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